High Caliber

You have an increased critical hit chance against foes within the range threshold. — In-game description

High Caliber

Specialization

Firearms (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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High Caliber

You have an increased critical hit chance against foes within the range threshold.

 Range Threshold: 450

 Critical Chance Increase: 15%

 Critical Chance Increase: 10%

— In-game description

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
January 13, 2026	Reduced the critical-strike-chance increase from 15% to 10% in WvW only.
June 28, 2022	Range threshold increased from 300 to 450.
December 12, 2017	Range threshold increased from 240 to 300 Critical chance bonus percent increased from 10 to 15
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: High Caliber has been added to the game.